Bag-holder



(No Model.)

J. FEESS. I BAG HOLDER.

N0. 409,946. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FEESS, OF NEAR FRENCH CAMP, CALIFORNIA.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,946, dated August27, 1889. Application filed May 29, 1889. Serial No. 312,628- (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN FEEss, a citizen of the United States, residingnear French Camp, in the county of San Joaquin and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BagHolders; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bag or sack holders, and aims to provide adevice to which the bag or sack can be readily applied and from which itcan be quickly detached, and which is adapted to sacks of differentsizes within certain limits.

The improvement consists of the novel features, which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in theannexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of asackholder embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side view showing theoperation of the pivot-ed arm by dotted lines; Fig. 3, a detailperspective view showing the pivoted lever and the lower end of thesupport to which the said lever is pivoted. Fig. at is a side view of amodification.

The holder is composed of two corresponding parts, each consisting ofthe yielding arm A and the pivoted lever B. The arm A and the lever Bare each provided on their lower ends with means for engaging with thesack, which in the present case are shown as consisting of hooks a andb, respectively. The lever B has its upper end 1) extended forward atright angles, and said end I) is adapted to engage with one of a seriesof notches a in the arms A. The arms A and the levers B are attached toa suitable support, as C.

The arm A may be connected with the support 0 in any desired manner. Itmay be extended up against the support, as shown by full lines in Fig.2, or it may be bent between its ends, presenting in side elevation theform of an inverted U, the inner branch A of which is fastened to thesupport O. The lever B has a pivotal connection with reference tosupport 0, which connection may be independent of the arm A or attach edthereto, as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 4.

The support 0 maybe the side of a wall or other structure, or it may bea vertical plank. In the latter case it will be provided with a suitablebase D.

The application of the device is as follows: The sack is placed with itsinner side over the prongs b and its outer side over the prongs a. Whenthe sack is filled, it is detached by releasing the ends Z) of thelevers B from the arms A, when said levers will turn down, as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 2, the hooks 1) being withdrawn from the sack, aswill be readily understood. By reason of the elasticity of the arms Aand the adjustability of the levers B the holder is capable ofsupporting sacks of different sizes within certain limits.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the yielding arm having means for engaging withthe sack, of the pivoted lever also having means for engaging with thesack, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the yielding arm provided with means forengaging with the sack, of the pivoted lever adapted to engage with saidarm for holding it in a predetermined position and having sack-retainingmeans, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with the inverted-U- shaped support, of the leverpivoted to the inner branch of the support and adapted to engage withthe outer branch or arm, substantially as specified.

at. The herein-described bag-holder, composed of the two arms A, havingprongs at their lower ends and notches in their edges, and having theinner branches A, the levers B, pivoted to the lower ends of branches Aand having their upper ends bent and adapted to engage with the notchesin the edges of the arms A and provided with hooks at their lower ends,and the support 0, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FEESS.

Witnesses:

H. O. HOLMAN, JOHN T. DOYLE.

